1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index c99066074..20b802ad1 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2187,9 +2187,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_setopt(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLoption option,
 
       data->share->dirty++;
 
-      if(data->share->hostcache) {
+      if(data->share->specifier & (1<< CURL_LOCK_DATA_DNS)) {
         /* use shared host cache */
-        data->dns.hostcache = data->share->hostcache;
+        data->dns.hostcache = &data->share->hostcache;
         data->dns.hostcachetype = HCACHE_SHARED;
       }
 #if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_COOKIES)